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On August 25th, I encouraged readers to join the post mentioned below to encourage the U.S. Congress to support famine victims to help some of the over 800,000 children at risk of dying. THANK YOU for your response! To date, over 91,000 have joined, making this one of the most popular petitions ever featured at…

The US 2011 Trafficking in Persons national report included an important insight for today’s online activists. The entire document includes lengthy details regarding the status of human trafficking in nearly every nation of the world, but I mention it here because of one development in which you may have played a part–using social media to…

                                  Both Animal and Human Life Reflect God’s Creative Power “Ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds of the air, and they will tell you; or speak to the earth, and it will teach you,…

From my friends at World Vision US be forewarned it’s a bit hard to watch. World Vision’s Clean Water Fund http://bit.ly/CleanWaterFund This video depicts what life might be like if Americans faced the same reality every day as 1.1 billion people elsewhere in the world — no source of clean water, leaving countless children and…

  Maybe you’ve seen the recent images of Africa’s current famine and have wished you could help. There are many ways you can participate, but here is a free one–sign this petition. Use your voice to help encourage our nation’s leaders to provide strong support to those ravaged by famine and in desperate need. Please…

“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.”-Galatians 6:9-10 Christians are called to do good. This is…

I recently read an article that asked if Christians can be environmentalists. Blow by blow, each side produced its reasons for and against this question, as if the issue was up for debate. But here is what is really at stake: 1. Christians believe God created the earth. 2. Genesis says God called it good.…

I’ve been doing a little research lately on Christian involvement in the fair trade movement. Here’s what I’m learning: 1. Christians are woefully lacking in support fair trade efforts: Christians are doing a lot of great things, but fair trade is not really among them from what I can find. Considering the emphasis in Scripture…

Every wonder if what you do makes a difference? I was having one of those moments this week. Then I browsed through some of my messages from the past few days. There I saw: -An 8th grader who contacted me for information on how to end modern slavery. -A friend whose church raised money to…

If you’ve never heard of an organization called Joni and Friends, you are truly missing out. The premiere disability ministry in our nation, Joni and Friends provides a powerful example of how Christians are called to show love in practical ways to those with disabilities. My favorite program they lead is called “Wheels for the…
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